Michael Humes

After nearly two decades of implementing legislative and regulatory policies, it is time to provide consumers with the ultimate protection from the confusing – often abusive and illegal – marketing tactics of third-party electric suppliers. Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz, in collaboration with AARP and other consumer advocates, as well as U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, called for the end of the third-party residential electric market that economically harms consumers at a press conference today.

What a year! Check out the results of our Disrupt Aging workshops in 2018 - and then resolve to #DisruptAging in your community or workplace in 2019. For more info contact CTAARP@aarp.org!

AARP Connecticut has selected four awardees for its inaugural “ Livable Communities Grant Program” dedicated to fund quick-action projects in Connecticut communities that will help make immediate improvements or jumpstart long-term progress that will support residents.

Votar en las elecciones de medio término es fácil para algunas personas —hay quienes pueden simplemente caminar a la vuelta de la esquina o conducir a los centros de votación—. Pero para otras personas puede parecer imposible.

Voting in the mid-term elections is easy for some people – just a quick walk around the corner or a short drive to the polling station. But for others, it may seem impossible.

Submitted by Zachary Vickers

Races for Connecticut’s Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer and Comptroller Tight

En la vida, las cosas no siempre son como parecen. A veces, una oferta es demasiado buena para ser verdad. A veces una persona no es quien parece ser. Si bien estas situaciones pueden llegar a un final inofensivo o hilarante, también pueden tener consecuencias devastadoras.

By Sandi Coyne, Program Director, Master of Science in Organizational Leadership

AARP CT Livable Communities Grant application for PDF